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prep.phr. In control.
Usage examples of "in the saddle".
The girths stood the test and he was in the saddle somehow, with his jousting lance between his legs, and then he was galloping round and round the tree, in the opposite direction to that in which the brachet had wound herself up.
There were sabres and pistols going like be-damned, and suddenly the white mare was there, rearing up, and she was in the saddle, but I saw her flinch and lose the reins.
Conn stared at the witch, for it seemed her shoulders had sagged and she was swaying in the saddle.
Swinging in the saddle he lifted the child, lowering him to the ground beside a hand-drawn cart.
With her in his pocket, he seated himself in the saddle of the flying-machine.
He sat braced and stolid in the saddle, hunched under his hood, but emerged from it with a face like a rosy apple as soon as they lighted down in the great court at the priory.
Giving wide berth to the few steadings and inns that lay along the road, they kept up a steady pace for as long as Micum could stay in the saddle, slept in the open, and ate whatever Alec shot.
Giving wide berth to the few steadings andinns thatlayalong the road, they kept up a steady pace for aslong as Micum could stay in the saddle, slept in theopen, and ate whatever Alec shot.